The Graphic Novel and Comic Books

Julien · 03-16-2011, 08:21 PM

Hello all,
While teaching at a university in the Great Lakes area, I offered a course on the Graphic Novel and Comic Books. I know what you might be thinking, how can a course use comic books as its focus. Well it works out very well actually. I see the Graphic Novel as well as its episodic companion as a measure of social construct and a gauge to discuss how we see our world. These works of fiction, non-fiction and even its artwork (and I call it art) is very compelling in its scope. I likened this graphic medium to be a close cousin to film, which I also teach courses in. The frame by frame construction can be translated to the frame by frame filmic patterns. Within each frame tells a story in and of itself as well as in the longer piece. We can "read" the frame with the perspective of our own background and see culture in the making. So I would like to offer a dialogue on the Graphic Novel and Comic Books. What is your favorite and why. Is there an image that speaks to you? I would like to know what you see.

One of my own likes is the horror genre. I am also interested in the comic books from the Cross Gen (now defunct), Image, and Dark Horse publishers. Another curious addition to the "graphic" novel is House of Leaves which uses the words to create images and meaning, not images to create meaning. So what do you think? Want to talk?

03-16-2011, 08:21 PM	#1
Julien Member How Do You Identify?: TG/GenderQueer Preferred Pronoun?: I'm flexible, but only up to a point. Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Alabama, Gulf Coast area Posts: 1,007 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,247 Thanked 2,702 Times in 737 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	The Graphic Novel and Comic Books Hello all, While teaching at a university in the Great Lakes area, I offered a course on the Graphic Novel and Comic Books. I know what you might be thinking, how can a course use comic books as its focus. Well it works out very well actually. I see the Graphic Novel as well as its episodic companion as a measure of social construct and a gauge to discuss how we see our world. These works of fiction, non-fiction and even its artwork (and I call it art) is very compelling in its scope. I likened this graphic medium to be a close cousin to film, which I also teach courses in. The frame by frame construction can be translated to the frame by frame filmic patterns. Within each frame tells a story in and of itself as well as in the longer piece. We can "read" the frame with the perspective of our own background and see culture in the making. So I would like to offer a dialogue on the Graphic Novel and Comic Books. What is your favorite and why. Is there an image that speaks to you? I would like to know what you see. One of my own likes is the horror genre. I am also interested in the comic books from the Cross Gen (now defunct), Image, and Dark Horse publishers. Another curious addition to the "graphic" novel is House of Leaves which uses the words to create images and meaning, not images to create meaning. So what do you think? Want to talk? __________________ Julien “Self-plagiarism is style.” Alfred Hitchcock Formerly known as Graphiteta2s